New Street Car Line Proposed From Hobart to Gary
Local Hobart promoters outline a four mile route from Hobart to Gary along broad sections to cross the Nickel Plate and Earle tract. The plan aims to spur land development and reach Gary via Main street with Earle property access and potential Broadway bridge usage. Promoters say rights of way are being secured, Earles may donate land, and construction could begin this season if funding and franchise rights are resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins-Keater
Gary
Hobart
Valpo
Thut
Hopkins
Broadway
Glen Park
Fort Wayne Railroad
Earle
Fourth Street
Main Street
Wheeler and Valpo
Rossow
Keater-Hopkins
Kulage
J. C. Cavender
C. M. Barney
N. E. Merrill
A. J. Smith
A. L. Russell
Griffith
Steel City
Earles
Various Local Social Notes and Civic Updates in Hobart
A compilation of social visits including Andy Wall, John Vincent, Dell Beach crew and Ruth Wilson. births, travels, and hospitalities around Hobart and Valparaiso. District Woodmen encampment dates at Lake Wawatee. saloon licenses in Lake county. Elks delegates to Detroit. local church and school news. a fatal mule incident at Dune Park. town clerk John Killigrew resigns for Hobart bank posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell Beach
Valpo
Ruth Wilson
Hobart
John Thyen
Bulhand
Minnesota
Wm. Sievert
Spot Cash
Indiana Editorial Association
Lake Wawatee
Lena Kramer
Ida Randham
Chicago Business College
Hammond
N. P. Banks
Milwaukee
F. F. Frank
Mueller
Chicago
Madison
Woodmen of the World
Lafayette
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
C. F. Kenward
O. D. Morton
T. E. Knotts
Gary
Harry Ludwig
Knickerbocker Ice Co
Dune Park
Christ Episcopal
L. W. Applegate
John Killigrew
Wm. Stommel
Hobart Bank
Killigrew
Hobart June tax apportionment certified by town officials
The June levy for Hobart totals 6 755 13 with funds for Road, Corporation, Bridge, Town sinking fund, Water bonds, Electric light, Town bond interest, and Cemetery taxes. After rebates the net amount is 6 614 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart
W. C. Jahnke
Tolleston Gun Club House and Gary Land Trust Vision
A historic Tolleston Gun club house near Gary recalls early wilderness as the pleasure club controls over 1700 acres around Gary now valued near 2 million dollars. Subdividing would yield 16000 city lots and future population growth is anticipated. For sale and for rent cards are sold at the News office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Tolleston Gun Club
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Clark Road
Pleasure Club
Town Board Awards Boiler Contract for Power Plant Project
Last Thursday the Hobart town board approved the Scheller addition plat and awarded the boiler contract for the power plant to Brownell Co of Dayton at 6 089. Henderson Piping Contractors will handle piping with blueprints pending engineer approval. Total project cost near 9 000 with a 100 ft stack and 35 by 45 ft building, to deliver reliable high grade equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killigrew
Scheller
Hobart
Brownell Co
Dayton
Ohio
Erie Iron Works
Erie
Brownell Company
Henderson Company
Kulage Brick Co
Brownell
Knight
Ballantyne
Browne Again Files for Illinois House Seat
Lee O Neil Browne resumes a bid for the Illinois House of Representatives as his second bribery trial in Cook County looms. While petitions circulate in LaSalle County, other implicated lawmakers have quit or been rejected by constituents amid Lorimer scandal fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee O’neil Browne
Illinois House of Representatives
Cook County
LaSalle County
Lorimer
Pennsylvania Lines Warn Firemen Amid Strike Vote
The Pennsylvania railroad superintendent west of Pittsburgh issues circulars to firemen and all train and yard workers. It notes pay levels rival eastern roads and cites a 6 to 7 percent wage increase on April 1. The letter argues management should have freedom without agreements, citing 50 years of operation without one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
Penna
Chicago
Sewerage the Live Question in Hobart Town
Property owners sign petition urging immediate sewerage system in Hobart. The piece argues that sewerage offers health benefits, lowers long term costs, and raises property values while stressing the link to clean wells and safer drinking water. It urges town board action with future planning for main sewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart
Fish With Legs Exhibit At Wabash River Dispatch
A Wabash dispatch reports Paul Brimbeck, Jack Mills, Ed Finney and Himmy Meis showing fish with legs caught in the Wabash River. The creatures are squatty, greenish, with legs replacing fins, and can be captured alive after dark with a lantern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Paul Brimbeck
Jack Mills
Ed Finney
Himmy Meis
Wabash River
Kern Plans Aggressive Michigan Campaign Tour
Democratic nominee John W. Kern and the state committee announce a wide statewide effort for the fall campaign. Kern rests at his Bay View cottage in Michigan before beginning extensive stump work to promote his candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Kern
Democratic State Committee
Kern
Bay View
Michigan
Lightning Strikes Illinois Porch Leaves Man Unharmed
Arthur Moore of near Bridgeport Illinois was knocked unconscious by a lightning bolt that struck his home while he sat on the porch. He was revived with difficulty and found to have melted keys and coins in his pockets. he appears little the worse for the experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Moore
Bridgeport
Ill
Young Moore
School Tax Apportioned Across Counties
State school taxes will be apportioned with each county receiving 2.07 dollars per school enumeration child this spring. The statewide total to be distributed is 1,566,190.92 dollars, based on 754,972 persons aged 6 to 21. A classified ad notes a for sale offer for a piano and a house for sale in Hobart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. J. Swanson
Ind
Gary, East
South
George and
Wiliam
1St
Nat. Bank Bldg
Chicago, Ilinois
G. Ehrhardt
Odd Fellow’s
Hobart, Indiana
H. W. Abbott
Roper
Hobart, Ind
Home Insurance Co
New York
Deal
Tween
Andy Wall
John Vincent
John Hartnup
Chas. Pratt
Bernard Carpenter
Geo. Scholler
Manny Lutz
Herbert
Phil Keilman
Dyer
Henry Castle
Merrillville
William Hollister
Valparaiso
Hollister
Graham
Paw Paw
Mich
J. E. Croxton
South Gary
Bessie Hayward
Ethel Frank
Louise Holiday
Leslie Holiday
G. Bullock
Henry Cooper
Toledo
Bessie Gaff
Blackstone, Sr
Gaff
Browne
Wayne R. R
Sol
A. D. S. Peroxide
A. DB. &. Drug Store
E. F. Scheddele
Paul Newman
General Hardware and Sporting Goods
THE
W. H. Gardner
Walter G. Black
First State Bank
R. R. Depot
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